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Belarusian Investigative CenterCulture & entertainment

Могилевская область — самая беларусскоязычная в Беларуси

Publisher’s rating: На самом деле это не так. Согласно результатам переписи населения 2019 года, из 9,5 млн населения почти 2, 45 млн назвали беларусский языком домашнего общения. Больше всего таких в Гродненской области — 38% населения.

Deutsche Presse-AgenturCulture & entertainment

Die Fotos wurden beim Oktoberfest, beim St. Patrick's Day und beim Eritrea-Kulturfest aufgenommen.

Publisher’s rating: Die Betitelung des dritten Bildes der Fotomontage ist falsch, es wurde bei einem Studentenprotest in Südafrika aufgenommen. Die anderen Fotos stammen tatsächlich vom Oktoberfest und einer Feier am St. Patrick’s Day.

The claim concerns the captions on three images in a social-media montage: that they show Oktoberfest, St. Patrick’s Day, and an Eritrea cultural festival. The review says the first two captions fit the images, but the third does not: the photograph of a man preparing to throw a stone was taken at a student protest in South Africa, not at an Eritrea cultural festival. The review identifies the event as a protest at Wits University in Johannesburg during the Fees Must Fall campaign in 2016. (S1: “Stammen die drei Fotos wie angegeben vom Oktoberfest, vom St. Patrick's Day und von einem Eritrea-Kulturfest?”; “Das Bild stammt von einem Studentenprotest an der Wits University in Johannesburg, Südafrika.”) To check the image’s origin, the review reports an internet search and cites the photo description in the Ground Up archive. It says that description places the photograph in South Africa’s 2016 Fees Must Fall campaign. For the other two images, it identifies a St. Patrick’s Day stock photo described by Alamy as having been taken in Dublin in 2012, and an Oktoberfest image of a woman on a beer bench, attributed to Imago and dated 2022. Thus the montage combines images from the events named in its first two captions with a protest photograph incorrectly captioned as an Eritrea festival. (S1: “Doch eine Internetrecherche zeigt, dass das nicht die Herkunft des Bildes ist.”; “Laut der Bildbeschreibung auf der Seite des Fotoarchivs «Ground Up» ist das Foto im Jahr 2016 bei der «Fees Must Fall» (auf Deutsch «Kosten müssen fallen») Kampagne in Südafrika entstanden.”; “Das Bild vom St. Patrick’s Day ist ein Stock-Foto von Alamy, das laut Bildbeschreibung 2012 in Dublin entstand. Das Foto der Dame auf einer Bierbank beim Oktoberfest 2022 stammt von der Bildagentur Imago.”)

Fact Crescendo Sri LankaCulture & entertainment

දකුණු ඉන්දීය සුපිරි රංගන ශිල්පි රජිණිකාන්ත්, පසුගිය දා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට පැමිණියා ද ?

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review investigated social-media posts that presented photographs of Rajinikanth with SriLankan Airlines cabin crew as evidence that he had come to Sri Lanka on a visit. It also checked whether Indian news outlets had reported that he would visit. The review says reports described a March 29 meeting in Chennai, where Sri Lanka’s Deputy High Commissioner, Dr. D. Venkeshwaran, personally invited him to visit; however, it found no subsequent reports that Rajinikanth had accepted the invitation and was coming to the country. (“දකුණු ඉන්දීය සිනමාවේ සුපිරි රංගන ශිල්පියෙකු වන රජිණිකාන්ත්, මේ දිනවල ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරයක නිරත වීමට ලංකාවට පැමිණ ඇති බව හඟවමින් සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ඔස්සේ පළ වී තිබූ සමාජ මාධ්‍ය සටහනක නිරවද්‍යතාව සොයා අප කළ විමර්ශනය පහතින්.”; “අපට දැකගන්නට ලැබුණේ පසුගිය මාර්තු 29 වන දා චෙන්නායි හි ශ්‍රී ලංකා නියෝජ්‍ය මහ කොමසාරිස් ආචාර්ය ඩී. වෙන්කේෂ්වරන් මහතා, රජිණිකාන්ත් මහතා හමු වී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සංචාරයක නිරත වන ලෙස ඔහු වෙත පුද්ගලිකවම ආරාධනා කර ඇති බවත්”; “නමුත් ඉන් පසුව එම ආරාධනාව පිළිගැන සුපිරි නළු රජිණිකාන්ත් මෙරට පැමිණෙන බව ට පුවත් වාර්තා දැක ගන්න ට නොලැබුණි.”) To check the photographs, the review consulted a June 12 post on SriLankan Airlines’ official Facebook page. According to the review, the airline said Rajinikanth was travelling from Chennai to the Maldives on a SriLankan Airlines flight, which passed through Sri Lanka, and that he spent a few hours at the airport. The review also cites the airline’s media manager, Deepal Perera, who said Rajinikanth did not enter Sri Lanka and continued to Malé on the flight. (“පසුගිය ජූනි 12 වන දා එහි ඡායාරූප සටහනක දක්වා තිබුණේ, රජිණිකාන්ත් ශ්‍රී ලන්කන් ගුවන් සේවය ට අයත් ගුවන් යානයකින් ඉන්දියාවේ චෙන්නායි සිට මාලදිවයින යන ගුවන් ගමන අතර තුර එම ගුවන් යානය ශ්‍රී ලංකාව හරහා ගමන් කිරීම නිසා ඔහුට පැය කිහිපයක් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගුවන් තොටුපළේ රැඳී සිටීමට සිදු වී ඇති බවයි.”; “ශ්‍රී ලංකන් ගුවන්සේවයේ මාධ්‍ය කළමණාකරු දීපාල් පෙරේරා ද ඉහත කරුණු සනාථ කරමින් තහවුරු කර සිටියේ රජිණිකාන්ත් මහතා ලංකාවට ඇතුළු වුයේ නැති බවත් පැය කිහිපයක් කටුනායක ගුවන් තොටුපොළ විශේෂ අමුත්තන්ගේ මැදිරියක රැඳී සිට නැවත ඔහුගේ ගමනාන්තය වූ මාලේ වෙත ගමන්කරන ශ්‍රී ලංකන් ගුවන්යානයෙන් මාලදිවයින වෙත ගමන්ගත් බවයි.”) The review adds that Indian journalist and film critic Ramesh Bala posted the photographs with the explanation that they were taken while Rajinikanth was travelling from Chennai to the Maldives. Its conclusion distinguishes this airport stop during transit from a visit to Sri Lanka: the photographs did show him in the country, but the evidence described in the review indicates he remained in the airport’s special visitors’ lounge and continued his journey to Malé. (“ඉන්දියානු වෘත්තියෙන් මාධ්‍යවේදියෙකු වන සහ සිනමා විචාරකයෙක් වන රමේෂ් බාලා විසින් ද, සිය ට්විටර් ගිණුම ඔස්සේ ඉහත ඡායාරූප පළ කරමින් සඳහන් කර තිබුණේ, සුපිරි නළු රජිණිකාන්ත් චෙන්නායි සිට මාලදිවයින බලා ගමන් කරන අතර තුර ලබා ගත් ඡායාරූපයක් බව ටයි.”; “අපගේ විමර්ශනයෙන් පෙන්වා දෙන්නේ, දකුණු ඉන්දියානු සුපරි රංගන ශිල්පී රජිණිකාන්ත් චෙන්නායි සිට මාලදිවයින සංචාරය සඳහා බලා පිටත් වීමේ ගුවන් ගමන් වාරය අතරතුර ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කටුනායක ගුවන් තොටුපළේ පැය කිහිපයක් ගත කිරීම පමණක් සිදුව තිබු බවයි.”)

Boatos.orgCulture & entertainment

URGENTE HOSPITAL CONFIRMA MORTE DE ATOR, STENIO GARCIA internado

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim was that the hospital where Stênio Garcia was hospitalized had confirmed his death. Boatos.org says the claim circulated mainly in TikTok videos with attention-grabbing captions, including the wording that the hospital confirmed an actor’s death. The review describes those captions as vague, alarmist, error-filled, and lacking a reliable source; they did not even name the hospital. The review reports that Garcia had been hospitalized with an infection but recovered. It quotes a message attributed to him in which he says he was alive, that the infection had cleared, and that he remained in hospital for tests and treatment for inflammation causing pain. The review also says the hospital did not announce his death and that he was discharged. It quotes a post attributed to Garcia describing his discharge after nearly a week in hospital and his continued recovery at home. On that evidence, the review concludes that the death announcement was false: Garcia was alive, and the hospital had not announced his death. The reported hospitalization and recovery are important context; the viral captions turned a real hospital stay into an unsupported death claim.

Deutsche Presse-AgenturCulture & entertainment

Die Transszene nennt nun Frauen "Menschen mit Bonusloch".

Publisher’s rating: Es handelt sich um einen nicht-bindenden, sprachlichen Vorschlag einer einzelnen Organisation für die medizinische Versorgung bei Transmenschen und Nicht-Binären. Von einer Forderung, im Allgemeinen das Wort «Bonusloch» anstelle von «Vagina» zu verwenden, ist im zitierten Glossar überhaupt keine Rede.

Boatos.orgCulture & entertainment

Vazou vídeo adulto de Angelina Jolie com homem

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim concerned a video circulating in Brazil on WhatsApp that purported to show Angelina Jolie in an adult film with a man. The review says some versions carried the message “Angelina como você nunca viu antes,” while others had no accompanying reference or message. It reports that the video itself included a barely visible “Edit_deepfake” label. The review’s investigation focused on whether the woman shown was Jolie and why she resembled the actor; it concludes that the woman was not Jolie and that the footage was probably a deepfake edit. The review cites physical differences as evidence against the identification: it says the woman lacked Jolie’s back and left-arm tattoos and had different breasts. It also points to the video’s “Edit_deepfake” caption as evidence of manipulation. On that basis, the review rejects the claim that an adult video featuring Jolie had leaked. Its conclusion is specifically about the person in the circulated video, not a claim that the video itself did not circulate. The source describes these as the checks and observations behind its conclusion; the supplied excerpt does not identify an independent forensic analysis or explain how the physical comparisons were performed. It also presents deepfake editing as the most likely explanation for the resemblance, while acknowledging a lookalike as another possibility. The article advises against sharing the video, describing it as exposing a person in a false situation.

Model PeepsCulture & entertainment

Linda Vater has built a successful career centered around her passion for gardening and content creation. She has leveraged various platforms, including TV, magazines, YouTube, and the web, to share her knowledge and expertise with a wide audience.

Publisher’s rating: Linda Vater has built a successful career centered around her passion for gardening and content creation. She has leveraged various platforms, including TV, magazines, YouTube, and the web, to share her knowledge and expertise with a wide audience.